Develop Bugs

List of known issues - confirmed on some phones

Can we put together a list of known issues with this phone for those of us who are thinking of switching so we can see everything in one place instead of having to sort through all the mess to find the issues and resolutions. Thanks
This list is just a copy and paste of the main points listed in the first 5 pages so far to save you some reading. Its just a summary, nothing more.
- vertical lines on some models with specific box date
- dead red pixel on some models
- some models has odd camera flash light, when powering off
- occasional errors when playing media on the sd card
- battery has stayed stuck at "100%"
- WiFi settings shows connected to the correct network but keeps scanning (Power saving mode problem.)
- lock screen locks up me sometimes
- wouldn't stay powered down while charging
- it takes quiet some time to charge up
- it's always warm even when not it use, but it gets super hot when charging
- screen lock bug
- take a pic, then tap the gallery button in the camera app, share to facebook, will not upload, says cannot locate pic. go to regular gallery, upload pic same way and it works fine.
- issue with the display staying on
- games freezing up and crashing after about 5- 10 mins of game play
- trouble with data when connected to wifi.
- wifi works but the 4g will not get internet access.
- music player other than orginal makes all kind of funny things skipping ,play not play or stock
- rebooting
this link was sent to me by jangst123 it should help us see how many people are experiencing each issue (poll link)
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Results of poll:
http://api.viglink.com/api/click?fo...ults of Poll&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_13203617040734

Just had my first random reboot today, other then that, I haven't had any issues. The phone is amazing
Sent from my SGH-T989 using Tapatalk

good idea, i stickied this topic
to keep track of all the known issues

brian6685 said:
Just had my first random reboot today, other then that, I haven't had any issues. The phone is amazing
Sent from my SGH-T989 using Tapatalk
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Same here, rebooted on its own after about 2 days of up time. No other issues besides that.

so, off all the stuff i've read in the forum thus far:
the list is something like this:
- vertical lines on some models with specific box date
- dead red pixel on some models
- some models has odd camera flash light, when powering off
lags and some apps performance, or network speed stuff doesn't count
anything else missing?

minor heads up
lets keep this topic only for confirmed issues.

One thing to add- occasional errors when playing media on the sd card. I'm having a hell of a time with Doggcatcher & some music players saying that the media cannot be read.

kabuk1 said:
One thing to add- occasional errors when playing media on the sd card. I'm having a hell of a time with Doggcatcher & some music players saying that the media cannot be read.
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that's a good one
and it sounds very familiar, back in the SGS1 days, there was similar problem.
using another media player should avoid that problem

AllGamer said:
that's a good one
and it sounds very familiar, back in the SGS1 days, there was similar problem.
using another media player should avoid that problem
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Yeah it works fine with PlayerPro, but I'm still trying to find another podcatcher that I like. I'm kinda pissed that I paid almost $7 for Doggcatcher & now it barely works >:|

So far my only issue is that the battery has stayed stuck at "100%" twice now (only had the phone for a week obviously). Both times it was in the morning after the phone had charged all night, and then I take it with me for school/work. I used it for a few hours at school and it stayed at a 100% so I took it by T-mobile and they hadn't seen that before.
They did the same thing I did which was remove the battery and restart the phone. After that it read correctly (around 76% or something). Still I don't want to have to pull my battery every day after it gets a full charge. I'm going to see what it does tomorrow in the morning and go from there....anyone else have this issue?

please report that bug directly to samsung on the stickied link

Darmokk said:
So far my only issue is that the battery has stayed stuck at "100%" twice now (only had the phone for a week obviously). Both times it was in the morning after the phone had charged all night, and then I take it with me for school/work. I used it for a few hours at school and it stayed at a 100% so I took it by T-mobile and they hadn't seen that before.
They did the same thing I did which was remove the battery and restart the phone. After that it read correctly (around 76% or something). Still I don't want to have to pull my battery every day after it gets a full charge. I'm going to see what it does tomorrow in the morning and go from there....anyone else have this issue?
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I can understand that the most embarrassing thing to do in public is a battery pull. I haven't done a battery pull since my blackberry days

AllGamer said:
please report that bug directly to samsung on the stickied link
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Done!
Killbynature said:
I can understand that the most embarrassing thing to do in public is a battery pull. I haven't done a battery pull since my blackberry days
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Haha yeah I can deal with it from time to time maybe, but I don't wanna be doing every freaking morning haha

I also have the 100% battery bug. I don't have to pull the battery though, just doing a reset by power off/on works to clear it. It *is* kind of annoying though...

I have seen this as well. It happened the last two mornings after charging overnight.

I have same issue. keep showing 100% battery indicator.

Wow lots of people having isSue wiTh the 100% battery thing hopefully that getS sorteD soon.
Edit: I HATE typing on this freaking iPad sometimes!

I saw the battery stuck at 100% as well on mine. Another thing i noticed that i have the WiFi ON all the time. So while i'm in office it is connected to the WiFi and the phone sits in my pocket for about an hour or more before i actually use it (using another phone at work), so after i wanna use it and it shows the WiFi connected symbol but no connection. Go to WiFi settings and shows connected to the correct network but keeps scanning. Turn Off WiFi and turn it back ON and its running again. Although i did not noticed this issue at home. Is it that at home my phone is always on table and not in my pocket....is it something to do with my my pocket

Power saving mode problem. When activated, it turns off gps, wifi, blue tooth etc.. (Whatever you choose) at specified battery level. However, when power is recharged past the set power saving mode point it doesn't turn these features back on. So annoying.
So when fully recharged, you have to go back and manually re-enable your gps, wifi, screen brightness etc..
This seems like a software issue, do the other brand gs2's have this problem?
**Also have the 100% battery bug.

My Galaxy S II wouldn't stay powered down while charging. Everytime I turned the device off while charging it would automatically power back on. I honestly wasn't sure if that was simply the way the phone was designed (which would be odd), but sure enough at the T-Mobile store today we opened up a brand new Galaxy to see if it would remain 'off' while charging. Sure enough, it could.
Long story short, I have the 100% battery malfunction, and an "unable to charge turned off" issue. Swapping out phones at T-mobile as we speak Another GSII btw, even with these annoying issues its a great phone. I think (hope) I just got a lemon?

Question about the new update

Hello guys I am a owner of acer a100 ,but once I'have bricked it so I returned in the shop and they recovered for me .
So then I updated to ICS , but now my iconia is turning off by itself and I can't prevent it and when I try to apply the new update I get android icon with in big red color

Are you trying to apply the update manually (update.zip) or OTA? Are you able to boot into bootloader mode? Have you tried resetting the tab (via pinhole)?

Also, how is it powering down by itself? Like random reboot, or gives the Powering down message? If its the powering down message, its a power issue, and you may as well return that one as well, it will only get worse to the point of not turning on at all.

pio_masaki said:
Also, how is it powering down by itself? Like random reboot, or gives the Powering down message? If its the powering down message, its a power issue, and you may as well return that one as well, it will only get worse to the point of not turning on at all.
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Well when the tablet is locked somehow the battery drain so fast that the tablet turn off , because the battery is empty.
But now when I am trying to remember what I actualy did its kinda hard :Д
I am not sure that I installed the ICS from the updater maybe I puted the ICS Leak from in here.
Will the tablet restore to honeycomb if I hold the button in the hole.(reset)

mitko29 said:
Well when the tablet is locked somehow the battery drain so fast that the tablet turn off , because the battery is empty.
But now when I am trying to remember what I actualy did its kinda hard :Д
I am not sure that I installed the ICS from the updater maybe I puted the ICS Leak from in here.
Will the tablet restore to honeycomb if I hold the button in the hole.(reset)
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No, Honeycomb will not be restored (unless you are running it).

mitko29 said:
Well when the tablet is locked somehow the battery drain so fast that the tablet turn off , because the battery is empty.
But now when I am trying to remember what I actualy did its kinda hard :Д
I am not sure that I installed the ICS from the updater maybe I puted the ICS Leak from in here.
Will the tablet restore to honeycomb if I hold the button in the hole.(reset)
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OK one more question, how long is is locked before the battery is drained? I've seen my own tab drop 4% an hour while sleeping before. My phone has drained 17% an hour sleeping before. There's always a possible software issue causing it, that's why I'm asking how fast its draining. Make a note of power left, put it to sleep then check back in 30-60 minutes and see how much its dropped.
Tapatalked from my Galaxy S II.

pio_masaki said:
OK one more question, how long is is locked before the battery is drained? I've seen my own tab drop 4% an hour while sleeping before. My phone has drained 17% an hour sleeping before. There's always a possible software issue causing it, that's why I'm asking how fast its draining. Make a note of power left, put it to sleep then check back in 30-60 minutes and see how much its dropped.
Tapatalked from my Galaxy S II.
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sometomes the tablet just turn off while slepping , and the battery is still at 50%

Very strange restart, please check it UPDATED

Hi,
Today I was using my phone as usual, battery was about 75%, then suddenly while I was using Whatsapp the screen went totally black (I have to add that it has happened before, but I haven't been able to identify what is causing it, it might be Android 4.2,franco kernell and maybe switchpro).
I think it has to do with the brightness control becase the screen still detects the touchs, the phone is certanly working, but with a black screen (Brightness to 0% maybe?) so after I remove the battery it boots fine.
But this time, when it was restarting the phone I noticed the battery went down to 20% from 75%! That's impossible to happen (Phone would have melted) because the restart time was under 5 min!
What is more strange is that the phone stayed with 20% for a very long time, it even "autocharged" itself (I know it's impossible)...
What could it be? Help appreciated!
Thanks
Setup is:
Gnex 4.2.1 stock
TWRP recovery (last version)
Franco Kernel 342

peikojose said:
Hi,
Today I was using my phone as usual, battery was about 75%, then suddenly while I was using Whatsapp the screen went totally black (I have to add that it has happened before, but I haven't been able to identify what is causing it, it might be Android 4.2,franco kernell and maybe switchpro).
I think it has to do with the brightness control becase the screen still detects the touchs, the phone is certanly working, but with a black screen (Brightness to 0% maybe?) so after I remove the battery it boots fine.
But this time, when it was restarting the phone I noticed the battery went down to 20% from 75%! That's impossible to happen (Phone would have melted) because the restart time was under 5 min!
What is more strange is that the phone stayed with 20% for a very long time, it even "autocharged" itself (I know it's impossible)...
What could it be? Help appreciated!
Thanks
Setup is:
Gnex 4.2.1 stock
TWRP recovery (last version)
Franco Kernel 342
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yap, I have two gnexs both have had this problem.
I can get a screenshot with vol-down + power
but the screen is totally black.

Yeah I've had this screen of death issue too. I've been trying forever to diagnose what is causing the problem. It happens on any kernel including stock. I factory reset, flashed stock images, everything.
I've narrowed it down to the weather channel app, Adobe flash, csipsimple app, or animations being turned off. Still trying to nail it...

i not have restaert using apk franco updater and set :good:

The sudden battery drop is normal when you pull out the battery. Basically, the phone loses it's calibration on the battery capacity. And that " auto charge" is your phone slowly trying to get a better estimate of your phone battery capacity.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

I believe that SODs are a common problem faced by many on 4.2 i personally havn't faced it yet =] running arhd with ak kernel

I was able to reproduce this using Velis Auto Brightness https://play.google.com/store/apps/...SwxLDEsImNvbS52ZWxpcy5hdXRvLmJyaWdodG5lc3MiXQ
After messing with the brightness it wents black screen.
I'm sure this has to do with the autobrigtness!
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peikojose said:
Hi,
Today I was using my phone as usual, battery was about 75%, then suddenly while I was using Whatsapp the screen went totally black (I have to add that it has happened before, but I haven't been able to identify what is causing it, it might be Android 4.2,franco kernell and maybe switchpro).
I think it has to do with the brightness control becase the screen still detects the touchs, the phone is certanly working, but with a black screen (Brightness to 0% maybe?) so after I remove the battery it boots fine.
But this time, when it was restarting the phone I noticed the battery went down to 20% from 75%! That's impossible to happen (Phone would have melted) because the restart time was under 5 min!
What is more strange is that the phone stayed with 20% for a very long time, it even "autocharged" itself (I know it's impossible)...
What could it be? Help appreciated!
Thanks
Setup is:
Gnex 4.2.1 stock
TWRP recovery (last version)
Franco Kernel 342
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the battery losing charge, and the "autocharge", i see often across many devices. that happens to me when flashing different things over a short time period or when benchmarking and crashing its really not losing the charge, it just thinks it did. the batterystats file becomes inaccurate fairly often, maybe it corrupts. and the autocharge or ghostcharge(usually pretty slow btw) is the batterystats slowly becoming accurate again.

klobkelosh said:
I've narrowed it down to the weather channel app, Adobe flash, csipsimple app, or animations being turned off. Still trying to nail it...
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I think you just helped me pin it on animation off. I have had the black screen happen to me 3 times in the 3 days that I disabled animations (stock rooted ROM, developer options). I kept trying to find an app that caused it but the animation off matches the start of my problem.
EDIT: Well, animation off isn't the cause since I just had another black screen.

simms22 said:
the battery losing charge, and the "autocharge", i see often across many devices. that happens to me when flashing different things over a short time period or when benchmarking and crashing its really not losing the charge, it just thinks it did. the batterystats file becomes inaccurate fairly often, maybe it corrupts. and the autocharge or ghostcharge(usually pretty slow btw) is the batterystats slowly becoming accurate again.
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Totally agree with you!happened to me many times too,especially when crashing after tweaking\benchmarking.

[Q] Reboot problem when not charging

I have had my P607T for a couple of months now. It is box stock no changes. Over the last few weeks I have noticed that it will reboot while using various apps. (Fliipboard, Chrome, Clash of Clans, Papyrus...) They don't seem to all be heavy graphics or network. The only symptom is that the screen starts to flash then "bang" reboot (and trouble rebooting when not plugged in). It would not be too annoying except that it will loose wifi settings and the wallpaper. I have tried different wallpapers (saw a thread blaming the live wallpapers ) Unloaded some apps (had another phone issue with FitBit and HTC blink on my N4). I stay away from CoC (my base has been raided so often now ...). Any thoughts? I am really trying to like this tablet more than my old ASUS Transformer but this reboot and reset wifi is a pain.
Thanks in Advance,
marka

manderson8898 said:
I have had my P607T for a couple of months now. It is box stock no changes. Over the last few weeks I have noticed that it will reboot while using various apps. (Fliipboard, Chrome, Clash of Clans, Papyrus...) They don't seem to all be heavy graphics or network. The only symptom is that the screen starts to flash then "bang" reboot (and trouble rebooting when not plugged in). It would not be too annoying except that it will loose wifi settings and the wallpaper. I have tried different wallpapers (saw a thread blaming the live wallpapers ) Unloaded some apps (had another phone issue with FitBit and HTC blink on my N4). I stay away from CoC (my base has been raided so often now ...). Any thoughts? I am really trying to like this tablet more than my old ASUS Transformer but this reboot and reset wifi is a pain.
Thanks in Advance,
marka
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Have you tried a factory reset? I'd make tmobile replace it

was hoping to avoid the reset button. Tried it and still giving trouble it rebooted while restoring apps. I bought the tablet on ebay, I don't think TMO will take it back. oh well I'll keep poking about.
thanks,

I experience exactly the same problem since the update to 4.4.2 (kitkat): The screen starts to flash, suddenly the tablet reboots. I tried a factory reset multiple times, also removed the SD card and reflashed the ROM via KIES, nothing helped so far. Also, even when plugged into the outlet for several hours the tablet didn't charge at all (I think it stopped charging when the screen saver kicks in).
A couple of weeks ago I filed a RMA request (my dealer sent the tablet to Samsung), yesterday I got it back. It was charged at 60% and when I plugged it to the outlet it actually charged (even when the screen went off). But after about one hour (the battery was still > 60%) the flashing reappeared and after a while the tablet started to reboot again. Interestingly the battery now showed only 2% and the low battery warning appeared.
I think the problem might occur only when the battery runs low (which happens very fast as something seems to drain the battery), while android still shows a much higher battery level . Never experienced these problems when the tablet was plugged in so far.

Wall-E said:
I experience exactly the same problem since the update to 4.4.2 (kitkat): The screen starts to flash, suddenly the tablet reboots. I tried a factory reset multiple times, also removed the SD card and reflashed the ROM via KIES, nothing helped so far. Also, even when plugged into the outlet for several hours the tablet didn't charge at all (I think it stopped charging when the screen saver kicks in).
A couple of weeks ago I filed a RMA request (my dealer sent the tablet to Samsung), yesterday I got it back. It was charged at 60% and when I plugged it to the outlet it actually charged (even when the screen went off). But after about one hour (the battery was still > 60%) the flashing reappeared and after a while the tablet started to reboot again. Interestingly the battery now showed only 2% and the low battery warning appeared.
I think the problem might occur only when the battery runs low (which happens very fast as something seems to drain the battery), while android still shows a much higher battery level . Never experienced these problems when the tablet was plugged in so far.
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At least I don't feel so alone with this issue... I have been paying more attention to my build up process since the factory reset. I found, the other night quite by accident, that when I logged in to Twitter the reboot started. So for the next few days I have left Twitter off the machine and it is doing better. I suspect that something is hitting the power drain (like you mention) and that causes it to have problems. In that thought I have also turned off the power saving mode and auto screen now just to add to the list of things I am avoiding.
Rgds,

manderson8898 said:
At least I don't feel so alone with this issue... I have been paying more attention to my build up process since the factory reset. I found, the other night quite by accident, that when I logged in to Twitter the reboot started. So for the next few days I have left Twitter off the machine and it is doing better. I suspect that something is hitting the power drain (like you mention) and that causes it to have problems. In that thought I have also turned off the power saving mode and auto screen now just to add to the list of things I am avoiding.
Rgds,
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Have you considered rooting and using root apps to stop the apps from being able to do such things?

[Q] Battery empty over night while switched off

I had this 2 times this week. I switch it (SM-T705) off in the evening at 100%. On the next day battery completely drained.
On the 1st time (battery=0%) I even could not switch it on - had to press POWER+VOLDOWN+HOME. The 2nd time it started normal (8% rest).
Battery monitor app said, no data for 12 hours (during the night = as it was switched off)
I use SkyHigh ROM+Kernel (4.4), Xposed, Wanam (incl. soft reboot menue,...), Greenify. As a first measure I uninstalled Greenify and disabled Wanam.
I found several post on the web regarding this issue, but no real conclusion. Any idea to get closer to the problem would be very welcome !

Have you tried Watchdog, it will sound an alarm if any apps use above a certain cpu usage, this will find any power sucking apps, go in to the settings and set it to monitor all phone processes.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zomut.watchdoglite&hl=en
Have a look at the thread below, and install the latest version of the app, this will alow you to see what apps or process are keeping your tablet from going into power saving deep sleep.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809&page=2901
John.

Greenify doesn't really do anything that android doesn't already do itself. Its just another app running in the background. How are you powering off the tablet?

gggg said:
I had this 2 times this week. I switch it (SM-T705) off in the evening at 100%. On the next day battery completely drained.
On the 1st time (battery=0%) I even could not switch it on - had to press POWER+VOLDOWN+HOME. The 2nd time it started normal (8% rest).
Battery monitor app said, no data for 12 hours (during the night = as it was switched off)
I use SkyHigh ROM+Kernel (4.4), Xposed, Wanam (incl. soft reboot menue,...), Greenify. As a first measure I uninstalled Greenify and disabled Wanam.
I found several post on the web regarding this issue, but no real conclusion. Any idea to get closer to the problem would be very welcome !
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This is sure caused by kernal wake locks.
Why don't you try "better battery status" app and find out what it is draining your battery juice and
Read this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1827676
It has the reasons and remedies for your problem. Good luck.

THX for your replies, but it is about DRAINING BAT during POWER OFF

gggg said:
THX for your replies, but it is about DRAINING BAT during POWER OFF
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Ouch..POWER OFF ! I didn't read it quite well. That makes me a bad reader. ;D
OK. Will let you know when I get info's about your problem.
gggg said:
THX for your replies, but it is about DRAINING BAT during POWER OFF
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Some times I face a similar problem like when you reboot your phone battery reading suddenly drops from say 80%-62%.
And every time when it happens i do this...
#Switch it OFF
#Connect it to the charger cable and wait for the reading to show. You will see the actual reading. (some value closer to 80% )
#switch it ON without disconnecting charger cable.
and I get this funny smile on my face
Try it and let me know if it helps.

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I'm having a similar (?Battery?) Problem
I didn't use my Tab S for a couple days (unplugged but OFF) and when I went to go use it...... it was (& still IS) totally "DEAD". It hasn't responded to anything I've tried so far.......
~~ Hold [POWER ] button for over a min
~~ Hold [POWER] & [VOL DOWN] together (This worked one OTHER time, not THIS time though)
~~ Hold [POWER] + [VOL-UP] + [HOME] together (Like the "Wipe Cache Partition" sequence)
I heard that there is somekind of "glitch", that if the battery(ies) drop below 3V, it won't take a charge anylonger..... well ACTUALLY, it won't RECEIVE a charge from the Tablet anymore.
(From this YouTube Video....)
"Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 doesn't turn on fix" ~ Chester Lowrey
He pulled off the back and "tapped into" the battery connections with a decently rigged up charger. Charged it up past the 3V "min level" and it started working again.
Has ANYBODY heard of this issue or problem??? And IF SO....... any other SOLUTIONS?? (I HAVE searched but haven't found anything about this in XDA......YET)
My Tab is totally DEAD and I really want to avoid sending it in for warranty repairs. Any help would be MUCH APPRECIATED!
Thanks, Joe (This is my first post here so I HOPE I'm in the right "place")

THEJOE29 said:
I didn't use my Tab S for a couple days (unplugged but OFF) and when I went to go use it...... it was (& still IS) totally "DEAD". It hasn't responded to anything I've tried so far.......
~~ Hold [POWER ] button for over a min
~~ Hold [POWER] & [VOL DOWN] together (This worked one OTHER time, not THIS time though)
~~ Hold [POWER] + [VOL-UP] + [HOME] together (Like the "Wipe Cache Partition" sequence)
I heard that there is somekind of "glitch", that if the battery(ies) drop below 3V, it won't take a charge anylonger..... well ACTUALLY, it won't RECEIVE a charge from the Tablet anymore.
(From this YouTube Video....)
"Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 doesn't turn on fix" ~ Chester Lowrey
He pulled off the back and "tapped into" the battery connections with a decently rigged up charger. Charged it up past the 3V "min level" and it started working again.
Has ANYBODY heard of this issue or problem??? And IF SO....... any other SOLUTIONS?? (I HAVE searched but haven't found anything about this in XDA......YET)
My Tab is totally DEAD and I really want to avoid sending it in for warranty repairs. Any help would be MUCH APPRECIATED!
Thanks, Joe (This is my first post here so I HOPE I'm in the right "place")
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You're in the wrong section, you need to go and ask in the Tab S section.

Heisenberg said:
You're in the wrong section, you need to go and ask in the Tab S section.
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Oh...... I thought this WAS the Tab S section....(Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting too)
Below is the "heading" that was at the top of the page......
Home —> Samsung Galaxy Tab S —> Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting —> [Q] Battery empty over night while switched off by gggg
I'm not trying to be "argumentative" ...... I just want to make sure I'm understanding you correctly.

THEJOE29 said:
Oh...... I thought this WAS the Tab S section....(Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting too)
Below is the "heading" that was at the top of the page......
Home —> Samsung Galaxy Tab S —> Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting —> [Q] Battery empty over night while switched off by gggg
I'm not trying to be "argumentative" ...... I just want to make sure I'm understanding you correctly.
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Whooooooops, that was a huge derp on my part! Dunno what I was thinking there, sorry.

The battery protection might have kicked-in it disconnects the battery when the battery voltage drop too low, normally between 2.5-3volts per cell, and you need an charger that can reset the battery to make it work again, I dont know if Samsung has some sort of procedure to do this, I have heard of another Tab S owner who had an dead tablet like this, he took it to an phone/tablet repair shop and he says they connected an box to the tablet and it started straight away.
Have you tried the procedure below, it is slightley different to what you have tried before, if it does not work, try connecting the Samsung charger and try again.
1) connect the tab to PC
2) press Home, Vol Down and Power simultaneously up to a screen appears;
3) press Vol Down to cancel and reboot the tablet.
Also read the link below, and give the bump charging a go.
http://alveraphoto.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/asus-transformer-not-changing.html
John.
THEJOE29 said:
I didn't use my Tab S for a couple days (unplugged but OFF) and when I went to go use it...... it was (& still IS) totally "DEAD". It hasn't responded to anything I've tried so far.......
~~ Hold [POWER ] button for over a min
~~ Hold [POWER] & [VOL DOWN] together (This worked one OTHER time, not THIS time though)
~~ Hold [POWER] + [VOL-UP] + [HOME] together (Like the "Wipe Cache Partition" sequence)
I heard that there is somekind of "glitch", that if the battery(ies) drop below 3V, it won't take a charge anylonger..... well ACTUALLY, it won't RECEIVE a charge from the Tablet anymore.
(From this YouTube Video....)
"Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 doesn't turn on fix" ~ Chester Lowrey
He pulled off the back and "tapped into" the battery connections with a decently rigged up charger. Charged it up past the 3V "min level" and it started working again.
Has ANYBODY heard of this issue or problem??? And IF SO....... any other SOLUTIONS?? (I HAVE searched but haven't found anything about this in XDA......YET)
My Tab is totally DEAD and I really want to avoid sending it in for warranty repairs. Any help would be MUCH APPRECIATED!
Thanks, Joe (This is my first post here so I HOPE I'm in the right "place")
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I had a similar problem were my battery from a full charge would last about 30 mins,it done this quit a lot,took it back to PC World they sent it back to Samsung who said the battery was faulty and replaced it,only had it back a week and after only one charge this new battery is doing the same thing,it will not last more the 45mins from a full charge,it is going back to PC World on Monday.Cheers Longlegs

Heisenberg said:
Whooooooops, that was a huge derp on my part! Dunno what I was thinking there, sorry.
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No Big man.

Long45Legs52 said:
I had a similar problem were my battery from a full charge would last about 30 mins,it done this quit a lot,took it back to PC World they sent it back to Samsung who said the battery was faulty and replaced it,only had it back a week and after only one charge this new battery is doing the same thing,it will not last more the 45mins from a full charge,it is going back to PC World on Monday.Cheers Longlegs
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I read a few posts (I think HERE) talking about bad/loose battery CONNECTORS.

I've had the same problem. Heavy drain, battery discharged when power off, slow or fast charging time. This morning,when i tried to disconnect the battery, the connector just came away from the board!! It is really really bad soldered, resoldered by myself now seems to be working! Before soldering 50%batt,after 60%,used a lot today with chrome,youtube,twitter,display on just to check,now i'm with 22%
Edit : After about 9hours from repair it's fully discharged. No drain when in idle